Do you know how many times I’ve typed Rob Leander’s name in the last three weeks? It’s disgusting—this kid’s everywhere. With two $10K victories and a plethora of other strong finishes, Rob’s been all over our coverage and the competitive map. This time, though, he’s caught the headlines without building a deck, winning a match or even playing a resource.

The $10K Orlando Showdown, Leander’s brainstorm, will see players entered in $10K Orlando competing with extra incentive to win and to play once their hopes to finish in the money are dashed. Each team with a minimum of three players in the $10K will compete by comparing the average wins per team, with the top two teams advancing to a three-man sealed final. The winners get the lion’s share of thirteen boxes, the championship trophy, and other assorted goodies.

The benefits of the competition go beyond mere prize stock. “I think it’s going to force people to play until the end of the tournament,” Leander mentioned, alluding to the oft-repeated act of dropping from a tournament once eliminated from prize consideration. Additionally, team-based competition in TCGs has traditionally seen far more passion from players than individual play, due mostly to the pressure of playing for your friend’s tournament lives. The teams are:

Team                            Members

Team Score                    David Bauer*
                                    Sean Poestkoke
                                   Jeremy Borchardt

Team El Fuego                Jorge Noquiera*
                                   Job Figueroa
                                   Adam Albagdadi
                                   Javier Gonzalez
                                   Luis Baez
                                   Dorian Cuellar

Pro Team Decktech          Justin Desai
                                    TJ Holman
                                    Neal Razi*
                                    Mike Fitzgerald
                                    Dan Blackford
                                    Mike Gemme

Team V.P.V.P                  Minas Datseris*
                                    Dimitri Datseri
                                    Jaime Mojica
                                    John Leger
                                    Andrew macht
                                    Vijay Sexias

Team Quest                   Wilfredo Melendez*
                                    Avinash Bhim
                                    Kemar Mapp
                                    David Pereda


Team JLA                     Milton J. Figueroa*
                                 Steve Horowitz                        
                                 Dead Leader
                                 Gabe Alonso

Team 42                       Sal D’Agostino*
                                   Paul Madden
                                   Eric Madden
                                   Emanuel Divens
                                   Jeremy Aebly

Team 3BG                      Matt Meyer*
                                   John Viola
                                   Jeremy Blair
                                   Frank LaPore
                                   Joseph Carey
                                   Dave De Michele

Next Wave Gremlins         Ryan Ward*
                                   Adam Ward
                                   Dragoljub Bratic
                       
Team Vel0citY                Marty Mathis*
                                   Jake Ratliff
                                   Bret Bumbalough

Representin’ the             Christopher Baltazar
Coliseum                       Luis Simoes
                                  Jason Smith
                                  Paul Johnson
                                  Laura Dinkins

Team Big Starfish           Melissa Hebra*
                                  Michael Barnes
                                  Rian Fike

Team Realmworx            Ryan Jones*
                                  Rob Leander
                                  Carl Perlas
                                  Adam Maysonet

Team Good Looking         Julius Heywood*
                                   Billy Postlethwait
                                   Antonino DeRosa
                                   Ryan Grodzinski
                                   Jason Olivieri

Team JJJ                       Cameron Robinson*
                                   Irving Diaz
                                   Ted Bailey
                                   Alex Jebailey

Team BRADs                  Jason Tomberg*
                                  Brandon Brody
                                  Ken Choi
                                  Ari Kathein
                                  Luke Evich
                                  Steven Rosario
                                  Brendan Davis
                                  Jeremy Thomas

Convics                        Travis Hayward*
                                  Jeremy Lofstrom
                                  Justin Killebrew
                                  Dustin Griggs
                                  Dwayne Menutt

Team Outsiders             Colby Gerrish
                                  Andrew Maffei
                                  Jacob Hershberger    

Leander’s second extra-curricular idea for the weekend put a big red bull’s eye on his back. Headhunting has become a popular tradition in tournaments across the gaming world as a means of celebrating each game’s best-known players. Basically, the deal is that those better-known members of the community have a bounty put upon them. Today, the following players are marked men.

Rob Leander
Ryan Jones
Joseph Carey
Antonino DeRosa
Carl Perlas
Rian Fike
Matt Meyer
Steve Horowitz

Any time any of these guys are toppled, booster-based compensation will be awarded to their topplers—just another way to make things a little more fun.